The NADAV Foundation is dedicated to creating a vibrant Jewish present and future, in which Jews, wherever they live, feel connected and committed to one another, to their shared history and their common destiny. It is this knowledge based awareness of collective identity that we call Jewish Peoplehood. more>

  • Leonid Nevzlin and Irina Nevzlin Kogan present the NADAV Peoplehood Award to Prof. Elie Wiesel more>

  • Building Museum
    of Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot more>

  • GA International Chair Leonid Nevzlin's speech earned him a standing ovation by the collected leadership of the American Jewish federations more>

  • President of the NADAV Foundation Irina Nevzlin Kogan predicts rise in prominence of younger generation of Jewish Leaders bringing new ideas and meaning to Jewishness more>

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How Do You Say Jewish Peoplehood in French?

by Smadar Bar-Akiva

There isn’t such a word in French. Once again this demonstrates how very often the North America-Israel dialogue leaves out other countries and cultures. At the same time, when you dig deep down at what does Peoplehood or Amiut (in Hebrew) actually mean, French Jews fit right in.more>

Funding Peoplehood

By Misha Galperin

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We are engaged in building the Jewish future, but we’re not doing it together, nor are we compelling others to be involved. Our organizations compete for limited resources even though they often have the same underlying objective. more

Identity = ?

By Yehudah Mirsky

Instead of signifying that individuals are what they are in any fixed sense, as in x=x, "identity" today is often used to indicate that individuals are what they will themselves to be, over time and in different ways. Resistant to classification by any external standard or institution, one's identity is, rather, a complex truth that emerges from within.more>

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NADAV Peoplehood Award 2012

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The 2012 NADAV Peoplehood Award was presented on October 31, 2012, to Professor Elie Wiesel and Jazz musician Avishai Cohen at a ceremony in Jerusalem with hundreds of participants in attendance.more>

Irina Nevzlin Kogan named active Chair of Beit Hatfutsot – The Museum of the Jewish People

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We sincerely congratulate the president of the NADAV Foundation Irina Nevzlin Kogan, who was unanimously elected active chairwoman of Beit Hatfutsot’s Board of Directors. Dear friend, good luck with the new beginning! more>

$1million raised in NYC for creation of the Museum of the Jewish People

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“The gala fundraising dinner was co-chaired by Eugene A. Ludwig and Leonid Nevzlin, Chairman of the International Board of Governors of Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People.more>